Gratteri Awaits You
A Mountain-Top Village Set in the Madonie Mountains, Overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Directions from Palermo Airport
Directions from Falcone Borsalino Airport:
Beware of Directions Google May Give You at Lascari.
Beware of Directions Google May Give You at Lascari.
Google will get you to the town, but not to the house. Note: At least as far as Catania, E90 is the same as A19.
Be sure to see the detailed "Directions Once Entering Gratteri," below, OR YOU WILL GET LOST.
Beware of Directions Google May Give You at Lascari.
Beware of Directions Google May Give You at Lascari.
Beware of Directions Google May Give You at Lascari.
At Lascari, Google may tell you to turn left at street called Via Leonardo da Vinci. DON'T. Stay straight on Strada Principale 28 (SP 28). You would get there the other way, but it would probably be harrowing for you.
Do Not Turn Left at Via Leonardo da Vinci
Beware of Directions Google May Give You at Lascari.
Do Not Turn Left at Via Leonardo da Vinci
Instead, continue straight here. You will see on the left at this intersection a green sign that points to Gratteri. Shortly after this, you will begin the climb up the mountain to Gratteri. From here, you are almost home free.
Google Will Only Get You to the Town:
Google Will Only Get You to the Town:
Do Not Turn Left at Via Leonardo da Vinci
In just a turn or two, you will be at the circle where you can follow the "Directions Once Entering Gratteri," below. Do NOT follow Google once you get to the town.
Learn From My Mistakes:
Google Will Only Get You to the Town:
Learn From My Mistakes:
Use the detailed "Directions Once Entering Gratteri," below.
Places To Stay
B&B Dimora dei Frati
If you need more rooms, there is a beautiful Bed & Breakfast right around the corner from our home. It is authentically Sicilian, and the food is excellent.
Places To Stay
More Information About Gratteri
Read About Gratteri in "Visit Sicily"
Read About Gratteri in "Visit Sicily"
Read About Gratteri in "Visit Sicily"
“Gratteri, the most mysterious village of the Madonie”
Learn About Medieval Gratteri
Read About Gratteri in "Visit Sicily"
Read About Gratteri in "Visit Sicily"
“Marco Fragale, a native of Gratteri [and] a PhD student at the University of Palermo, . . . has been continuing his painstaking research in archives . . . and libraries, but also sociolinguistic and ethno-anthropological investigations among the older inhabitants of the small Madonite village.”